- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Confederate officer servants passes and letter, 1863
- Creator:
- McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864
- Contributor to Resource:
- Smith, Joseph B.
Wilson, John A. (John Alfred), 1832-1904 - Date of Original:
- 1863
- Subject:
- Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 41st
Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 42nd - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- military records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/x-djvu
application/pdf - Description:
- This collection consists of six passes for servants of Confederate officers and one letter. Five of the passes were signed by Major General James B. McPherson, an officer of the Union. These passes permitted the servants to travel across Union lines to meet officers in the 41st and 42nd Regiments of the Georgia Volunteer Infantry. The letter, written by Confederate soldier Joseph B. Smith on July 8, 1863, is a request to permit a servant to travel across Union lines to meet his legal owner. The letter also contains the reply from Union Colonel J.A. Wilson that states the request will not be granted as servants can no longer be compelled to meet their masters across Union lines against their will.
Processing Information: Collection reprocessed in 2009
America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia received support from a Digitizing Historical Records grant awarded to the Atlanta History Center, Georgia Historical Society, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the Digital Library of Georgia by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_turningpoint_ahc0478f-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ahc/turningpoint/do:ahc0478f-001
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Confederate officer servant passes and latter, MSS 478f, James G. Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center., as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Original Collection:
- Confederate officer servant passes and latter, MSS 478f, James G. Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center.
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
